This week in Medford

What's coming up at City Hall, what was decided, and how the city is doing. Updated every morning.

1 public meeting this week.

• Tue, Oct 277:00 PM
  City Council

  Public hearing on Comcast's grant of location request for 65/75 Riverside Ave.

  AI summary · Agenda posted

From the latest minutes the city has posted. Minutes come out after a board approves them, usually a few weeks after the meeting.

• Oct 5
  School Committee

  Approved consent agenda items, including a $295,000.00 Beth Israel Lahey Health grant, and waived first reading of Policy JG-R, Elementary School Reassignment Policy.

  AI summary · Minutes posted
• Sep 29
  City Council

  Approved $1,300,000 for road resurfacing, $1,000,000 for Hormel Stadium turf, and $40,000 for Medford Connects funding.

  AI summary · Minutes posted
• Sep 28
  School Committee

  Approved consent agenda, including $653,933.55 in budget transfers; approved moving HS stove to new high school when built; tabled late bus presentation.

  AI summary · Minutes posted

Look up

Agenda items and 311 requests on any street, such as "High Street".

• Open 311 requests 2,032 No change from last week1,765 with no update in over a year
• Time to acknowledge a 311 request 4.2 days Median, past 12 months · 44% of requests were acknowledged
• Average single-family tax bill $7,427 ↑ 4.9% from last yearFiscal year 2026 · Mass. Division of Local Services ↗ (opens in new tab)
• Unemployment rate 3.9% ↓ 0.2 pts from August 2025August 2026 (preliminary) · U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics ↗ (opens in new tab)

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